-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With Sharon Osbourne gone , `` America 's Got Talent '' has tapped Spice Girl Mel B. to fill the empty seat .

Entertainment Weekly reports that the singer and TV personality , whose full name is Melanie Brown , will join fellow judges Howard Stern and Howie Mandel on the NBC reality competition when it returns this summer .

Osbourne announced she was leaving `` AGT '' last year following claims that NBC discriminated against her son , Jack .

Brown , aka Scary Spice , is a veteran of reality competitions . She competed on `` Dancing With the Stars '' in the United States , served as a judge on the Australian version of `` The X Factor '' and was a guest judge on the UK 's `` X Factor '' and `` Britain 's Next Top Model . ''

`` I 've known Melanie since she did ` Dancing with the Stars , ' and I 've known her as a performer in The Spice Girls before that , '' Paul Telegdy , NBC 's president of alternative and late night programming , said in a statement to EW .

`` To know her is to know a very frank , strong , enduring entertainer . Someone who has a very strong point of view . We needed somebody who was qualified for the job . She 's an amazing singer , dancer and a huge personality . The contestants will get a lot of constructive feedback from her and I ca n't wait to see her chemistry with Howard and Howie . ''

Mel B. might not be the only new face on the series this summer -- EW adds that the show is considering hiring a fourth judge as well .

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Report : Spice Girl Mel B. is joining `` America 's Got Talent '' as a judge

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The singer/TV personality is experienced with reality shows

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`` AGT '' is said to be considering hiring a fourth judge